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  2. Welcome to Borg
  3. ================
  4. |project_name| is a deduplicating backup program written in Python.
  5. The main goal of |project_name| is to provide an efficient and secure way
  6. to backup data. The data deduplication technique used makes |project_name|
  7. suitable for daily backups since only the changes are stored.
  8. Easy to use
  9. -----------
  10. Initialize a new backup :ref:`repository <repository_def>` and create your
  11. first backup :ref:`archive <archive_def>` in two lines::
  12. $ borg init /somewhere/my-repository.borg
  13. $ borg create /somewhere/my-repository.borg::Monday ~/Documents
  14. $ borg create --stats /somewhere/my-repository.borg::Tuesday ~/Documents
  15. Archive name: Tuesday
  16. Archive fingerprint: 387a5e3f9b0e792e91ce87134b0f4bfe17677d9248cb5337f3fbf3a8e157942a
  17. Start time: Tue Mar 25 12:00:10 2014
  18. End time: Tue Mar 25 12:00:10 2014
  19. Duration: 0.08 seconds
  20. Number of files: 358
  21. Original size Compressed size Deduplicated size
  22. This archive: 57.16 MB 46.78 MB 151.67 kB
  23. All archives: 114.02 MB 93.46 MB 44.81 MB
  24. See the :ref:`quickstart` chapter for a more detailed example.
  25. Easy installation
  26. -----------------
  27. You can use pip to install |project_name| quickly and easily::
  28. $ pip3 install borgbackup
  29. Need more help with installing? See :ref:`installation`.
  30. User's Guide
  31. ============
  32. .. toctree::
  33. :maxdepth: 2
  34. foreword
  35. installation
  36. quickstart
  37. usage
  38. faq
  39. internals
  40. Getting help
  41. ============
  42. If you've found a bug or have a concrete feature request, you can add your bug
  43. report or feature request directly to the project's `issue tracker`_. For more
  44. general questions or discussions, a post to the mailing list is preferred.
  45. IRC
  46. ---
  47. Join us on channel ##borgbackup on chat.freenode.net. As usual on IRC, just
  48. ask or tell directly and then patiently wait for replies. Stay connected.
  49. Mailing list
  50. ------------
  51. There is a mailing list for Borg on librelist_ that you can use for feature
  52. requests and general discussions about Borg. A mailing list archive is
  53. available `here <http://librelist.com/browser/borgbackup/>`_.
  54. To subscribe to the list, send an email to borgbackup@librelist.com and reply
  55. to the confirmation mail. Likewise, to unsubscribe, send an email to
  56. borgbackup-unsubscribe@librelist.com and reply to the confirmation mail.